A fitness model who is followed by thousands online is set to flex his pecs on a world stage.

Personal trainer Elliot Robinson juggles work with an intense fitness regime and strict diet which sees him eat up to nine meals a day.

Any spare time is taken updating his social media accounts, posting new photos and responding to messages.

The discipline, dedication and hard work is certainly paying off. After competing at fitness modelling contests at locations including Miami and Las Vegas this year, the 21-year-old has gained his ‘pro-card’.

And next month, he will compete against the best at the final of the Pure Elite fitness modelling world championships.

Personal trainer Elliot Robinson of Ingleby Barwick

Here’s how to get a physique like Elliot

Maintaining and showing off that ripped physique is a full-time job.

A typical day consists of a blast of cardio on the treadmill at his home in Ingleby Barwick before a full working day at the gym as a personal trainer.

After a brief visit home for tea he then returns to the gym for more weight training.

“I just flick the switch and completely focus my mind,” he told the Gazette.

While many people would struggle to fit in so much training in their busy everyday lives, Elliot said anyone can achieve a similar physique.

“Anyone can improve by just taking care of what they eat,” he said.

“It’s 80pc diet and 20pc training.”

Elliot’s diet consists of between seven and nine meals a day, starting with porridge for breakfast, three meals of turkey, sweet potato and asparagus, an egg-based meal such as an omelette, another meal of meat and vegetables and rice then another bowl of porridge for supper.

Elliot Robinson working out

Fitness ‘just took over’

His interest in weight training started four years ago when he was at college.

“I started going to the gym just for something to do with the lads but then I started taking it lot more seriously,” he said.

“It became my life. If I wasn’t at the gym I was reading about or watching people training on YouTube. It took over.